Insights into cell membranes via dish detergent - Ethan Perlstein
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The cell membrane, like a good jacket, protects the cell from everything outside of it. How is it simultaneously sturdy, flexible, and capable of allowing the right things to pass through? Ethan Perlstein rediscovers the scientists and their research that have changed the way we study the membrane and the cell as a whole.
Watch Mina Bissell's TED Talk (found in the Dig Deeper) and then explain some reasons why our understanding of the cell membrane matters so much.
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Meet The Creators
- Director Biljana Labović
- Artist Celeste Lai
- Educator Ethan Perlstein
- Animation Artist Lisa LaBracio
- Narrator Ethan Perlstein
